Details
Creator Aero Service Corporation, photographer.
Title Naval Shipyard, League Island, Philadelphia. [graphic].
Date ca. 1921-1926
Physical Description 2 negatives : glass ; 21 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in.)
1 negative : glass ; 17 x 22 cm. (6.5 x 8.5 in.)
1 negative : glass ; 10.5 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.)
Description Aerial views of the Naval Shipyard on League Island at the base of Broad Street in South Philadelphia. Buildings, facilities and equipment are visible on the island and a variety of types of ships can be seen docked in the harbor. Municipal Stadium (later John F. Kennedy Stadium) and South Philadelphia are visible in the murky distance in some shots.
Notes Negative numbers: 1346, 2793, 5918, 5923.
Record revised with information supplied by former Aero Service employee Carl H. Winnefeld, Jr.
Subject Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Naval yards & naval stations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Harbors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Government vessels -- American.
Geographic subject League Island (Philadelphia, Pa.)
South Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Broad Street -- 4800 Block -- South.
Genre Glass negatives -- 1920-1930.
Aerial photographs -- 1920-1930.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Aero Service [P.8990.1346; P.8990.2973; P.8990.5918; P.8990.5923]
Accession number P.8990.1346
P.8990.2793
P.8990.5918
P.8990.5923